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Technology provides entrepreneurs access to information from multiple sources: social media, the Internet, or databases. Combined with software, it helps them take into account numerous indicators and trends. All of this can be used to make your business grow.

Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed the paid TV market.

Adapting to consumers’ demands is crucial for operators who want to remain relevant and sought-after.

Video service users are getting increasingly intolerant of ads

Infomir’s experts spell out what modern interfaces of smart TVs and set-top boxes should look like, and what steps operators should take to create the right design for their services.

If you ask a young person whether they watch TV, their answer will most likely be “no”. But young people spend roughly the same amount of time watching video content as older people. How is that possible?

Users of all ages are becoming less interested in what we call traditional TV: air, cable, and satellite broadcasting. These are being replaced by VoD services.

In this article, we’ll delve into after-sales services — one of the tools to win the customer’s trust and boost the company’s income.

The term «customization» is used in many areas of production: from clothing to electronics. This word means tailoring a product or service to the needs of specific customers.

The RDK platform has become an increasingly popular solution for IPTV/OTT operators. It offers the ecosystem along with development simplicity, and the number of devices running on this platform has now exceeded 60 million.

Before choosing an OS, operators need to learn about their future clients’ preferences and the most popular devices in their region.

Internet services have become an integral part of our life.

In a hotel with cable or satellite TV, guests can only watch a scheduled broadcast and cannot stop, rewind, or rewatch videos.

Modern smart appliances have user-friendly control systems and execute commands in no time.

Viewers from developed countries also need local content. Almost half of the American viewers subscribe to local streaming services

This article spells out which STBs are the most popular among retail customers and which are most commonly purchased by operators.

To better understand the market situation, Infomir’s experts looked into the main features of IPTV set-top boxes available in 2021. The study included Android TV devices and Linux/RDK devices.

Discover why video needs to be compressed, how codecs came to be, why 4K and 8K videos depend greatly on them, and what the future of video compression technology is.

We’ll tell you what kind of remote controls subscribers prefer, which is the most suitable for operator devices, and the most important trends in manufacturing and design.

Learn how the IPTV market will grow and why SVOD is the future. BROADVISION experts explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed business for local and global operators.

American magazine Time named 2020 the worst year ever, but it’s not true for the major streaming giants: Netflix, Amazon, and Disney stocks beat all-time records in 2020 and continue to grow.

Copyright infringement is one of the biggest damagers to copyright holders and content producers.

This story is about how Infomir started an industry magazine, and how your company may follow suit.

We are going to tell you about captioning types, what benefits it brings for viewers, and how this feature helps retain your audience.

The 5G technology has been drawing increased interest over the past few years, with experts talking about the new opportunities the technology opens. What users want to know though is whether it is safe. Let's take a closer look at the impact 5G will have on the IPTV/OTT industry.

Learn about the differences between the most popular operating systems and the key aspects to look out for when choosing a platform.

We talked to Starnet's former vice president Aleksei Munteanu about launching an IPTV/OTT project, what operators are living off, retaining viewers, and choosing reliable partners.

Infomir experts share why Android TV may take over the television market.

Throughout their history, Cinema and Television have fought for viewer attention. 

We’re talking about the future of the 8K standard, and when technology will change the IPTV/OTT sphere.

BROADVISION experts explain how speech recognition works and how voice assistants can improve your experience. 

What route do set-top boxes follow before they get to you? 

How to create a mobile app. We share key recommendations.

How the system captures the television market and how it affects the business of local and big IPTV/OTT operators.

The multilayered nature of 3D technology, and how the illusion of depth comes to be

How do you test an idea and create a high-demand product? Find the answers in latest article.

When choosing Middleware, what should you be looking for? Why would an operator have multiscreen?

What kind of advertising is the most efficient? Find out here!

Compiling a profile of the modern viewer in different parts of the world.

Traditionally, manufacturers of IPTV/OTT set-top boxes have used developments based on the Linux kernel and the operating system family of the same name to create a unique user experience.

It is difficult to imagine modern society without social media...

Let's speak about the past, present and future of the optical networks

User Experience and User Interface. Why is this necessary?

How does compression work

8 factors for correct choice of Set-Top Box

Read about the most important milestones from the first prototypes till today’s technologies.